Intel Core i7-1255U vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3722 points
3892 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points
6333 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3201 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
3162 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3089 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
3035 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

75.98 points
80.44 points
5% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
150% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
3.80 GHz
123% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

800 KiB
212% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

459th of 1,089
443rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 3 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-1255U vs Ryzen 3 4100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-1255U is faster than the Ryzen 3 4100. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 4100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1255U has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 4100. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 4100. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4100. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 4100 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1255U. In terms of cache, the Core i7-1255U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 4100. The Core i7-1255U also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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